SLA in Virtual Worlds

Summer Issue of Rezlibris Now Available

RezLibris
Magazine releases Summer issue
RezLibris magazine is proud to announce the release of a new information-rich issue available at: http://
www.rezlibris.com
ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS:
•A celebration of Tolkien
•History of space travel exhibit
•Handheld librarian conference
•Online learning today… and tomorrow
•Sometimes it’s hard to ask - an analysis of a reference question
•Simseeing: History meets art at Museum Island
•And others
 
This publication is for SL librarians, museum folk, and educators, and we want to help you in your SL
endeavors! So please share with us your:
--Grand Openings
--Special Events
--Book Readings
--Exhibitions
--Best Practices
--Tell us your stories!
 
RezLibris has spring, summer, fall and winter issues that appear in the middle of March, June, September
and December, respectively. Deadlines for stories will be the first of the month of each issue.
And of course, we welcome your feedback! Let us know if you would like a representative to come speak
at your next meeting!

Professional Publishing for Librarians Panel on July 20 at 6 SLT

Professional Publishing for Librarians - a panel discussion
At Ways With Words
Community Virtual Library on Info Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/17/218/23
July 20, 2011 at 6 PM SLT
Ways With Words is a new area for CVL on Info Island where people with interests in reading, writing, and publishing get together to discuss books, all types of writing, and share information on publishing. On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 6 PM SLT, we will kick off a professional writing group for librarians with a panel discussion by librarians with much experience in writing professionally and being published in library literature.
This session will be informal with each panelist speaking for about 10 minutes and the audience interacting with questions and comments after the panel has presented. The discussion will be of interest to librarians and library students who are interested in writing and publishing. Please feel free to pass along this notice to anyone who may be interested.
Our distinguished panelists:
Adra Letov/Diane Nahl - Adra Letov/Diane Nahl is a professor in the LIS Program atthe University of Hawaii with over 25 years of academic and social sciencepublishing experience including books, journal articles, and conferenceproceedings. She is on the editorial board of several journals including the International Journal of Virtual andPersonal Learning Environments, and serves a peer-reviewer for a variety of HCI,LIS and IS journals and conferences. Her research and writing centers on informationbehavior research, information literacy, affective load and road rage.
Alexandria Knight/Esther Grassian - Esther S. Grassian retired from the UCLA Library in June 2011 after 41 years in various capacities, including Reference/Instruction Librarian, Electronic Services Coordinator, Interim Head of College Library, and Information Literacy Librarian. She and Joan R. Kaplowitz designed a graduate course in information literacy
instruction in 1989 and have alternated teaching it each year to MLIS students in the UCLA Information Studies Department. She has also held elected and appointed positions in information-literacy-related organizations, regional and national. Her publications include the ACRL Instruction Section’s award-winning Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (2001; second edition 2009), as well as Learning to Lead and Manage Information Literacy Instruction (2005), and the “Information Literacy Instruction” article for the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, all co-authored with Joan R. Kaplowitz. In Second Life (SL) she managed the UCLA Library in Cybrary City, 2006-2011, and co-managed Entropia, the CLIR/DLF island from 2008-2010. She has helped orient a number of UCLA faculty, staff and students to SL, and has done presentations about SL in SL, as well as in RL .She also created a number of LibGuides and Google Sites websites, including Teach Information Literacy and Critical Thinking! https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/ In addition, she has written magazine articles: “Building on Bibliographic Instruction,” American Libraries, October 2004 and “Do They Really Do That? Librarians Teaching Outside the Classroom,” Change, May 2004.
 Archivist Llewellyn/Shannon Bohle, MLIS, is an award-winning writer with 17 years of writing, editing, and publishing experience and over 50 publications. She has published on a variety of subjects including journalism, literature, computer technology, library science, archives, and science, with publishers such as Nature Publishing Group, Library Journal, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, and O'Reilly Media. From 1998 to 2001, she taught writing courses to university students. She presently serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Library & Archival Security and will be pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge.
 Aurora Tutti / June Power is the Access Services Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In addition to making presentations at the past two Access Services Conferences, several Southeastern Innovative Users Group Meetings, and various other venues, she is part of the editorial board for the Journal of Access Services. In this latter role, she contributes columns, has published some stand alone articles, and reviews submissions to the journal. She has also had a few book chapters published. http://unclassifiablelibrarian.blogspot.com/
Bookie Balogh (Susan K. Martin in real life) has been director of the libraries at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities, as well as Executive Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She has published more than 100 articles and books, and was editor of the Journal of Library Automation (now ITAL) and founding co-editor of portal: the academy and the library. She now lives on Cape Cod, where she works part-time in her local public library, has founded Find My Classmates, a search service for missing people and out-of-date addresses, and is co-editor of RezLibris.
 Valibrarian Gregg/Valerie Hill,a school librarian in Lewisville I.S.D., is a doctoral candidate at TexasWoman's University's School of Library and Information Studies. She is a National Writing Project trainerwith interests that include children's literature, storytelling, multi-media,human-computer interaction, and emerging technology tools that impact libraries. Her research area is the useof virtual worlds in libraries and information services and as educational immersive learning environments.

Second Life SLCC 2011 - Proposals Due 7/15 & Keynote Speakers Announced

Just wanted to send a quick reminder that the Second Life Community Convention 2011 Call for Proposals is due this Friday, July 15th - so be sure to send in your proposal ASAP! http://www.slconvention.org/program/call-for-proposals/  

Also, in appreciation for our speakers and presenters, all accepted speakers will be able to register for the Early Bird Registration price.  The discount code to register at the reduced rate will be in your confirmation email.   

Thanks and let me know if you have any questions!

- Chris/Fleep

Second Life Community Convention 2011 Keynote Speakers Announced

We are excited to announce the keynotes for this year’s 7th Annual Second Life Community Convention 2011, which will take place at the Oakland Marriott City Center in Oakland, CA from August 12-14, 2011.

Saturday, August 13, 2011 

AM Keynote Speaker - 8AM to 9AM PDT

Rik Panganiban (SL: Rik Riel)

We Built This City: Creating a Better World

PM Keynote Speaker - 1PM to 2PM PDT

Rod Humble, CEO Linden Lab (SL: Rodvik Linden)  

The Future of Second Life

Sunday, August 14, 2011

AM Keynote Speaker - 8AM to 9PM PDT

Aliza Sherman (SL: Cybergrrl Oh)  

FutureMobileGeekyTech: Our Virtual Lives

PM Keynote Panel - 1PM to 2PM PDT

John Laurence (SL: Durian Linden), Jeff Vogt (SL: Vogt Linden), Sarah Kuehnle (SL: Esbee Linden), Michael Gesner (SL: Gez Linden) and moderated by Peter Gray (SL: Peter Linden)

The Future of the Second Life Platform

Register

The Second Life Community Convention is three days of exciting activities, events, musical performances, machinima screenings, panels, workshops, and much more that showcases the abundant creativity of Second Life Residents.

Register now and use the code SLCC-friend to receive 10% off!

Dont Just Attend - Be Part of the Convention

The July 15th Call for Proposals deadline is fast approaching, and with five new track themes and fun presentation formats, you still have the opportunity to share your hard work and creativity with the community that will most appreciate your efforts. Don’t want to give a full presentation? Consider doing a Speed Sparks session of 20 slides in 5 minutes to share the gist of your idea in a fast-paced presentation style that was a huge hit last year! 

Volunteer

If you would like to help us run the show on the ground in Oakland or in-world, we invite you to join the team. It’s easy to ask “Why don’t they do X?” but the real fun comes when you help make it happen! Apply to be a Staff Member (free registration), Oakland volunteer, or In-World volunteer today! 

Sponsor the Convention

If you have a product or service and want to get your message out to the most enthusiastic Second Life Residents, or if you just want to show your support, there’s no better place to spread the word than at the Second Life Community Convention.  We have many levels of sponsorship, so it’s more than affordable to help support this non-profit, community produced event – become a sponsor! 

Organize a Social Event

We purposely keep the convention schedule light on Friday, August 12th to make sure there’s plenty of time for socializing and networking, and to give you the opportunity to organize your own fun events.  Check out the Social Events & Mixers page to organize a social event or outing for your friends and communities.  Need ideas for things to do? We’ve put together a terrific guide of things to do In & Around Oakland to help you get started!

Planning Your Trip

We’ve also worked hard this year to help keep the cost of the convention affordable, and we have a number of resources available to help you plan your trip.  The convention will be held at the Oakland Marriott City Center in the heart of downtown Oakland, CA – just a 10 minute train ride from San Francisco.  

We’ve negotiated the best room rates we’ve ever gotten – $109 a night for up to quad occupancy, and free wireless internet access in guest rooms.  You must be registered for the convention to receive the group rate discount, and you will receive the link to reserve your rooms in the email confirmation you receive when you register for SLCC.

Note that lunch on Saturday and Sunday is included in your convention registration, as well as free wireless internet access in all convention spaces.  If you need information about flying, driving, or taking the train to SLCC, check out our transportation guide to get all the details you need to get to the convention.

We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fun and thrilling three days of sharing, learning, and networking with Second Life Residents from around the world!

See you in Oakland and we hope you can make it!

Cheers,

AvaCon, Inc

Organizers of the Second Life Community Convention

275 Winthrop Street

PO Box 618

Rehoboth, MA 02769-1819

(774) 654-0010

[email protected]

http://slconvention.org